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1. Chinese nuclear experts believe Japan could build nukes in less than 3 years
The late US statesman Henry Kissinger’s dire warning about Tokyo aiming to become a nuclear power by 2028 is being re-examined by Beijing.
2. A year after near total blackout, China builds world’s largest smart transformer
Just over a year after an incident that nearly triggered a cascading failure across China’s national power grid, engineers have developed the most powerful smart direct current (DC) transformer on the planet – an innovation poised to neutralise renewable energy shocks to the system.
3. Requests for help after 2 Hongkongers reportedly killed in Ukraine war